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Heather Ann Thompson
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Originally published 11/20/2017
Heather Ann Thompson says what went on at Attica is worse than we thought
Heather Ann Thompson
Only now are we learning that inmates were used as guinea pigs in an experiment involving the virus that causes leprosy.
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Originally published 04/11/2017
And the Pulitzer Prize in history goes to … ?
The answer is Heather Ann Thompson for her book on the Attica Prison uprising.
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Originally published 01/26/2017
Heather Ann Thompson tells the story of the Attica prison uprising on The Daily Show
Trevor Noah says the prison officials hid the truth for decades.
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Originally published 10/28/2016
National Book Award semifinalist Heather Ann Thompson says the war on crime started with LBJ
She argues in her book on Attica that the slow downfall and ultimate economic collapse of Detroit began with the crime law he signed.
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Originally published 08/27/2016
Heather Ann Thompson pries loose the long-kept secrets of Attica in her new book
Her prize discovery was memos that showed how Nelson Rockefeller hammered out the state’s official version of the tragedy.
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